Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems and Ariel, as well as The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death. In 1982, she won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems.
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
as Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)The story of the making of The Bell Jar, the unique, semi-autobiographical novel written by...
Movie pageGreat Poets: In Their Own Words
as uncreditedA journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some...
Movie pageSylvia Plath reading poems from Ariel
as selfSylvia Plath Read 18 Poems From Her Final Collection, Ariel, in a 1962 Recording
Movie pageTed Hughes: Stronger Than Death
as uncreditedDocumentary exploring Ted Hughes, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, focusing on how...
Movie pageLady Lazarus
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)A cinematographic response to Sylvia Plath’s Lady Lazarus with Plath’s own readings of her...
Movie pageVoices & Visions: Sylvia Plath
as Herself (Archive)In this documentary you will follow in considerable (and sometimes excruciatingly painful)...
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